POLAR DEFENCE
Joint U.S.-Canada Expedition (8.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Allied diplomats disclosed that one of the urst steps taken by the United States in working out with Canada joint plans for the defence of the Polar regions was the assignment of six observers to accompany a Canadian Army Air Force expedition on 81 days of arctic exploration.
The expedition will travel 3100 miles snowmobile to gather military and scientific information. The expedition is leaving Churchill (Manitoba) in the middle of February, finally reaching Edmonton early in May. The area for exploration was previously considered an impenetrable barrier against, attack. The Canadian Minister of Defence (Mr D. Abbott) said there was nothing secret about the expedition. The military attaches of other nations were not invited, as it was not known whether they would care to undertake a journey under such conditions. Tile exercise is essentially for testing military equipment under extreme conditions'
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23387, 19 December 1945, Page 5
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152POLAR DEFENCE Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23387, 19 December 1945, Page 5
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